Written by SLHerald
Second Life has also been tremendously valuable to me in that it has provided a mechanism for me to explore my very strong interests in music, writing, photography and 3-D building and art. When I'm not tending to Kon Tiki Island Estates and its awesome residents, I DJ, blog, and build "fabu...
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Presidential Candidates Sticking To First Life
Written by Stuart Houghton
Perhaps Linden Labs' estimates of the number of SL users is a little on the padded side, too. If you are unsure just how many of the 14 million or so residents actually log in on a regular basis, how much time are you going to devote to talking to them?
Original story at Kotaku .
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Breaking Up is Hard To Do--And Even Harder in Second Life
Written by cindykesey
Love and loss are central themes of thousands of blog posts peppering the web. And many folks--whether Second Life avatars or real humans in the flesh--use their blogs as a platform to publicly process their parting-of-ways. One of the trends I've noticed when witnessing these abrogatio...
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Opinion: Third Life Interiors
Written by Kitty O'Toole
Kat Alderson dropped a HUMUNGOUS folder on me during the week asking me to review the items enclosed. To say I was overwhelmed is an understatement, everything except the kitchen sink was included in it! To be able to review the items and do them justice meant I had to remove all my existing...
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Second Life Largely Ignored by Obama, McCain Campaigns
Written by gamepolitics
However, the Houston Chronicle points out that in the current presidential election, Barack Obama and John McCain have largely ignored the SL metaverse:
Julie Germany of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet told the Chronicle:
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Casino Gambling Returns To Second Life
Written by SLHerald
Just over a year ago, Linden Lab banned gambling in Second Life, a change that sent the in-world economy into a tailspin as virtual casinos across the grid shut down and gamblers took flight from the Lab’s virtual world entertainment product. But now, the casinos are back -- operating unde...
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Second Life news and blogs - August 19, 2008Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Second Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.
• All Tizzers Must Die!!! -- LL’s Firstname Ban Policy? -- by SLHerald from Second Life Herald
Written by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
NBC Universal Hosting Virtual Concerts in Second Life
Second Life: Open-source Grid
Sexbed Stealer in Second Life Lawsuit
New App Merges Facebook and Second Life
Dorm-Life Spoof of quarterlife…and Roommates, too.
On-Demand Streaming for Second Life
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Opinion: How Clothing is Made in Second Life: Summary
Written by Elaine Polvinen
Previous Posts in This Series: How Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part IV - PRIMSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part III - UV MAPSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part II - TEXTURESHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part I- THE BASICS
Original story at fashiontech (WordPress) .
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How Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part IV - PRIMS
Written by Elaine Polvinen
You may have notice that the hair and shoes and other items you create using the APPEARANCE menu are not as visually appealing as many of the fashions you see in Second Life. This is because many fashion outfits are enhanced by belts, accessories, scarves, ties, handbags, Flexiskirts, etc...
Original story at fashiontech (WordPress) .
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One-Hour Abortion Clinic Opens In Second Life Mall
Written by SLHerald
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While using an abortion clinic as a mall anchor tenant is a new marketing concept, Second Life may be the perfect place to seek feedback on this approach, and analysts suggest that if the concept takes off in the virtual realm, it could carry over to real life.
Original story at Second Life Herald .
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Opinion: Will the future of virtual world?s be in the browser? Interview with Avi Bar-Zeev
Are they a step backward into little more than 3D chat or a harbinger of a future seamless integration of fully immersive, user generated virtual worlds like Second Life into the web?
Will the future of Virtual World’s be in the browser: Interview with Avi Bar-Zeev
Original story at UgoTrade .
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Xenki: An ?In Your Browser Viewer? for OpenSim and Second life
Tish Shute: How does the Xenki viewer project relate to the Open Viewer project?
Tish Shute: The Lively architects did a talk in Second Life and Lively organized by World2Worlds the other day. They said that Lively is based on Active X.
Original story at UgoTrade .
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How Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part I
Written by Elaine Polvinen
This is a first of a series to present an overview of the different ways clothes are made in Second Life.
Here is a link to a video I just created that will review for you how to organize your CLOTHING folder in SL. Organize Your Clothing Folder in Second Life.
Original story at fashiontech (WordPress) .
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The Merczateers - One Life, One Fate
Written by Caine Constantine
One of Second Life’s largest military forces -- from the perspectives of its members, its allies, and its enemies.
When it comes to armed combat in Second Life, there may be no more recognized military force than the Merczateers.
Lurdan Huszar: One of our defining features is that we don't r...
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Opinion: ZOMG!! Military Warfare At Risk!!!
Written by SLHerald
I do also believe that this glitch should be fixed fast before it can not be. If this is not fixed immediately, Second Life Militaries could possibly go extinct and forever changing the way combat is played out in the game known as Second Life. Will Linden Lab allow Second Life Militaries to go...
Original story at Second Life Herald .
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Second Life Image Tarnished by Users?
Written by SLHerald
The question now is if enough players will agree with Mr. Verbeck, and how much of Google's cash mountain will be spent on developing a ad-word driven 3D spaces inside web pages. RiversRunRed CEO warns against allowing residents to create 3D content by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs d...
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Opinion: My First Two Months at Linden Lab
Written by M Linden
Plus user-to-user transactions in Second Life grew 12% in Q2 and user hours grew by 6% (for definitions see earlier blog post). Land ownership is a critical component of the Second Life economy and the news is very good on this front. Second Life’s virtual world expanded by 45% in Q2. Resident...
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Opinion: My First Two Months at Linden Lab
Written by M Linden
Plus user-to-user transactions in Second Life grew 12% in Q2 and user hours grew by 6% (for definitions see earlier blog post). Land ownership is a critical component of the Second Life economy and the news is very good on this front. Second Life’s virtual world expanded by 45% in Q2. Resident...
Original story at Official Linden .
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Will Mark Kingdon's Reign Boost Second Life?
Written by Wagner James Au
Finally, I brought up the recent joint announcement made by Linden Lab and IBM that they'd managed to move several avatars from Second Life to Open Sim, the open source virtual world. This could eventually create a market for interconnected virtual worlds, but moving mere avatars was a ti...
Original story at GigaOm .
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The Real Second-Life Killer ?
Written by Evansmom Goodspeed
… hasn’t been invented yet. However, I predict it will be a game that can do shoes better than Second Life, because if they can do shoes well, then everything else will have to be fabulous, too. You think I’m crazy? Well, maybe. But I also know the most undersung geniuses in SL are the [...]
Original story at Virtual TO Reality .
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Second Life Virtual World Expands 44% in Q2
Written by Zee Linden
User-to-User Transactions grew over 14%. Total user-to-user transactions, a measure of the gross domestic product in Second Life, grew 14.3% during the quarter from an annualized rate of $300 million in Q1 to $338 million in Q2. Resident spending remained a healthy $0.87 per user hour.
Original story at Official Second Life . Related stories include: Second Life sees record usage but bleeds paid accounts - Reuters , Second Life Economy Grows 15% from Q4 to Q1 - Official Second Life and ... Official Linden
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The Pandora?s Box of Second Life!!!
Written by SLHerald
“Griefing can take many forms in Second Life, from shooting, bombing and pushing to more subtle forms such as intimidation, spamming and harassment. Griefers may be classified as follow:
And the following blog with real-life cases is chilling enough to scare a hard core Second Lifer – ma...
Original story at Second Life Herald .
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Opinion: Microsoft Dev Community in OpenSim/realXtend
Tish: Are you hosting sims for the community for free?
Zain: No I am still a Developer Evangelist but I am the guy for Virtual World Evangelism which is what we call it internally at Microsoft and I guess externally as well. It is known as Virtual World Evangelism.
Original story at UgoTrade .
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Nesquik. Right time, Wrong place?
Written by Nic Mitham
A few days ago Nesquik launched into Second Life onto the Activ8 island. For anyone who didn’t know, Nesquik is a milk flavouring product owned by Nestle and promoted primarily using the Nesquik bunny. At the venue, QuikSk8 Park, the focus is clearly about having fun, with free skateboards...
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Earn Free Lindens
Written by Chino Yray
Free Linden Dollars: New to Second Life? Looking for hassle-free Linden Dollars? I’ve listed a summary of where you can get free lindens in Second Life without camping for long hours, no escort service needed and most of all, no need to get a boring job. (I don?t like women or even guys preten...
Original story at Make Money in Second Life with Chino Yray .
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